UC Davis-led partnership to map the DNA of every lifeform announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Earth BioGenome Project to sequence all life
Rain goes rogue
Climate change appears to be skewing weather patterns, making it harder to predict wet and dry years.
Marijuana farms expose endangered owls to rat poison, study shows
An abundance of illegal sites without oversight are poisoning wildlife in Northern California.
What does a thought look like?
Trippy: UC Berkeley neuroscientists are recording a thought's fleeting trip through the brain.
Social media actually makes you more (not less) relaxed, surprising new research says
It may not make you happy, but it will make you sleepy.
The ocean is losing its breath
Climate change is rapidly increasing marine ‘dead zones,’ where oxygen is too low to support most marine life.
How storybook lessons impart scholastic success
Differences in children's literature in the U.S., Mexico and China may help explain academic performance.
UC praises Gov. Brown proposal to establish precision health institute
Executive Vice President of UC Health John D. Stobo issued a statement today (Jan. 10) applauding Governor Brown’s proposal to establish the California Institute to Advance Precision Health and Medicine.
How bird genetics adapt to climate change
Scientists find yellow warbler DNA is already adjusting to new conditions and ask whether it's enough to survive.
For richer or poorer: 4 economists ponder what 2018 has in store
Greg Wright and others project the winners and losers of the economy in the coming year.
Computer scientists develop a simple tool to tell if websites suffered a data breach
No one — companies or nation states — is above big data hacks, researchers find.
First step toward CRISPR cure of Lou Gehrig’s disease
Scientists disable a muscle degeneration trigger to extend mouse lifespans by 25 percent.